SEATTLE (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays acquired reliever Génesis Cabrera in a trade with the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday for minor league catcher Sammy Hernandez. The 26-year-old Cabrera was designated for assignment by St. Louis on Monday. The Blue Jays designated right-hander Trent Thornton for assignment to make room for Cabrera on the
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Artificial intelligence has surged to the forefront of Hollywood’s labor fights. Standing alongside more traditional disputes over pay models, benefits and job protections, AI technology is the wild card in the contract breakdowns that have led actors and writers unions to go on strike. The
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Una víctima de secuestro de 13 años fue rescatada en el sur de California después de hacer un letrero que decía “¡Ayúdame!” que sirvió para alertar a los transeúntes, lo que condujo al arresto de un hombre de Texas. Steven Robert Sablan, de 61 años, ahora enfrenta cargos federales
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden is elevating CIA Director Bill Burns to his Cabinet, a symbolic measure that nonetheless represents the major role he has played in national security amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “Under his leadership, the CIA is delivering a clear-eyed, long-term approach to our nation’s top national security
Continue ReadingBy ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Thousands of people took to the streets in a handful of Muslim-majority countries to express their outrage at the desecration of a copy of the Quran in Sweden. Friday’s demonstrations came a day after protesters stormed the country’s embassy in Iraq. The protests in Iraq, Lebanon and
Continue ReadingBy NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden elevated CIA Director William Burns to his Cabinet on Friday, a symbolic move that underscores the intelligence chief’s influence and his work in U.S. support for Ukraine. In a statement, Biden said Burns had “harnessed intelligence to give our country a critical strategic advantage”
Continue ReadingDEATH VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California outdoor enthusiast has died after collapsing in Death Valley following a hike amid blistering heat. The Los Angeles Times reported Friday that 71-year-old Steve Curry of Sunland, California, collapsed Tuesday after hiking from Golden Canyon to Zabriskie Point. He died of what officials believe were heat-related causes.
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger Nota del editor: Mari Rodríguez Ichaso ha sido colaboradora de la revista Vanidades durante varias décadas. Es especialista en moda, viajes, gastronomía, arte, arquitectura y entretenimiento, productora de cine y columnista de estilo de CNN en Español. Las opiniones expresadas en esta columna son exclusivamente suyas. (CNN Español) — ¡Existe una verdadera locura
Continue ReadingBy NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A newly released court opinion says FBI employees wrongly searched foreign surveillance data for the last names of a U.S. senator and a state senator. It’s the latest revelation of the FBI violating regulations on the usage of foreign data. The primary surveillance court said in an
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors say FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is harassing a key witness against him at his upcoming trial by publicly disclosing personal things she wrote while she was the chief executive at his cryptocurrency hedge fund trading firm. Prosecutors late Thursday asked a judge to order trial
Continue ReadingCARLA BRIDI Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has signed a decree tightening restrictions on civilian access to guns in Brazil, in a move aimed at reversing the pro-firearms policies of his right-wing predecessor Jair Bolsonaro. The decree signed Friday reduces the number of guns civilians can possess
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Lana Del Rey ahora sirve waffles. Al parecer, la cantante de “Summertime Sadness” ha estado trabajando como mesera en un Waffle House de Florence, Alabama, según publicaciones en las redes sociales de algunos de sus clientes compartidas en una cuenta de fans. Las imágenes publicadas este jueves muestran a Lana Del
Continue ReadingBy Jason Morris, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s legal team in Georgia is continuing its efforts to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from pursuing her 2020 election interference investigation, as possible indictments in the state loom. In a new, 650-page filing in the Superior Court of Fulton County, Trump’s lawyers stepped
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Newly declassified court documents revealed Friday that the FBI improperly searched for the name of a US senator in an intelligence database after indications of a foreign threat against the lawmaker, as the intelligence program has come under a barrage of criticism in Congress and from privacy advocates. The
Continue ReadingBy Elle Reeve and Samantha Guff, CNN West Palm Beach, Florida (CNN) — They wore Trump hats and Trump T-shirts and cheered wildly when former President Donald Trump took the stage to fireworks. But at the Turning Point Action conference in West Palm Beach, Florida, some of the conservative attendees said they had a little
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s an overview of the Chicago Transit Authority, both its history and its present-day status as the second largest public transportation system in the United States. The largest mass transit system in America is the MTA in New York. Facts The rail system is referred to as the “L” because
Continue ReadingBy TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Bryce Harper has made quite the first impression. Making his first career start at first base, Philadelphia’s star slugger made a tough catch while tumbling into a photographer’s pit in the third inning of Friday night’s game against the Cleveland Guardians. Cleveland’s Amed Rosario hit a
Continue ReadingMONACO (AP) — Faith Kipyegon has set a third world record in two months after smashing the previous best mile time at a Diamond League event in Monaco. The Kenyan clocked 4 minutes, 7.64 seconds in the Herculis Meeting at Stade Louis II. That shattered the 4:12.33 set by her long-time rival Sifan Hassan on
Continue ReadingNICE, France (AP) — Top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz has won his first match since clinching a dramatic Wimbledon final by rallying to beat David Goffin of Belgium 4-6, 6-4, 10-8 in the Hopman Cup in Nice. The Spaniard beat 23-time Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic in a five-set Wimbledon thriller last Sunday. Against Goffin he had
Continue ReadingBy Chris Boyette and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The man police say shot and killed a Fargo police officer and shot two more officers and another person used a “binary trigger” device that allowed him to fire his weapon rapidly during the attack on July 14, according to North Dakota officials. North Dakota Attorney
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